I'm about to order an SB66 alloy and ran across the reported issues with the bearing for the switch system. Anyhow, the most recent artical/post I found is dated around September/October 2012. So I was wondering if the bearing situation has since been resolved?

I've got a carbon also and have ridden what has been the worst summer here in the uk. I don't actually think I've ridden my bike in the dry yet and bearings and bike are holding up without issue. I've had my bike 4 months now and ride trail and forest at least 3 times a week. I agree with Yetifan so buy with confidence.

Had my alu SB 66 for 8 months and thats the bearings finally giving up.Have been waiting for nearly two weeks now for silverfish here in the uk to get the over priced yeti bearings (£120) back in stock and my frame is stripped down in the shop waiting on them . A mate that has a mondraker dune has just ordered a bearing kit from here.

They are a bearing supplier that only do bearing kits for bikes and only cost up to £55 mark for the dearer ones half the price of the yeti ones !! I contacted him about the sb 66 as i could not find it on the site and he asked for the bearing numbers.I gave him the list of bearing numbers from the online yeti manual and he has them all apart from the 6808 2RS ones but is confident he can get them.

So if anyone is looking for a new bearing kit try giving him a go as i think if a few people get them from him he will add the SB 66 to the other kits he is doing on his site witch can only be a good thing for us SB 66 owners

Dude just go to any bearing store you will get all the bearing kit for 20 american dlls, I just changed once for yeti bearings, then i used normal car bearings withthe same size and they work perfectlly well

Ye thats my plan for next time.Took it back to the shop were i got it from as i was hoping for a warranty job but no such luck and the frame is sitting in the shop stripped down waiting on the kit arriving so will not be making that mistake again.Will get some of the katec ones for the next time for half the price and not touch the bike till i have them in my hands

I'm about to order an SB66 alloy and ran across the reported issues with the bearing for the switch system. Anyhow, the most recent artical/post I found is dated around September/October 2012. So I was wondering if the bearing situation has since been resolved?

Thanks.

I've been on the SB66 alloy for exactly 12 months now and my eccentric bearings went in about 9 months time with dogbone bearings (upper link) at 11 months with 3x/wk riding on average in mostly dry conditions, occasional wet. I was hoping/expecting to get at least a year out of the bearings, but I think this about normal wear giving the design of the bike.

I changed the bearing by miself is not so hard if you have a torque wrench, maybe next time I will upload a video of how to service the bearings.

What did you use to tap the old ones out and use to install the new ones. Any special tool or just soft mallet and dremmel? Also, did you remove the bearing seal and squirt extra grease in there too when installing? Phil Wood grease any other greas preferred for this if so?

Even better- I have 2 for an SB-66 that I can send you in the mail if you will PM your address. Got them by mistake- the ones for the SB-95 are a good deal smaller.

Hi i have just replaced my bearings a couple of months ago with the yeti ones. So should hopefully get me through the summer at least i hope ! Going to order a kit from enduro fork seals sometime in the near future so i have them for when i need them but they only do the bearings but not the seals. So will either get the seals from simply bearings or try a local supplier. I noticed you are in the states iam in the uk so prob not worth the hassle posting them over here cheers anyway